Cochlear Limited announced plans to invest an estimated AUD 50 million in a new state-of-the-art facility in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, for manufacturing cochlear implants and sound processors for China and emerging markets. Production is expected to commence within four years, subject to regulatory approvals.

Hatsun Agro Product Ltd contracted GEA to set up a greenfield automated dairy plant in Dharapuram, Tamil Nadu, at an investment of INR 1.2 billion. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 litres of milk per day and 150,000 litres of curd, and is expected to become operational in 2018.

NPO SOMEX has begun construction of a new heavy machinery plant in Kolomna, Russia, with a first-phase investment of 900 million RUB (total project 2.5 billion RUB). The plant will produce large equipment for mining, metallurgy, chemical and construction industries, creating up to 500 jobs.

Latecoere laid the first stone of its new 4.0 factory in Toulouse-Montredon on July 13, 2017, with an investment of €25-30 million, expected to employ about 100 people and focus on digital, automated production of elementary components.

Cencorp Automation is making a significant investment in a new production plant in Salo, Finland, which will almost triple existing capacity. The plant is being built and renovated in the former Nokia/Microsoft factory and will be officially opened in September 2017.

Nanyang municipal government and Beijing Originwater Technology Co Ltd will launch a membrane R&D and manufacturing base and an ecological restoration project with a total investment of 9.5 billion yuan ($1.4 billion).

Cartwright has invested £1.8 million in a new refrigeration technology plant at its base in Altrincham, Cheshire, UK, to serve growing demand for temperature-controlled vehicles. The plant includes vacuum presses, automated gluing machines, and overhead cranes.

Biohort, a manufacturer of metal storage solutions, is building a new production facility in Herzogsdorf, Austria, with an investment of over EUR 20 million. The plant will feature fully automated stamping lines and is expected to start test operations in summer 2018 and full production by end of 2018.

Diamed Co Ltd. became a new resident of Pirallahi Industrial Park in Azerbaijan, planning to produce 55-58 million disposable syringes annually using European, Japanese and Korean technology. The plant will create 50 new jobs.

Prolyte Products, part of the Dutch Prolyte Group, opened a new manufacturing plant in Piatra Olt, Romania, using a 3.4-million-euro loan from EximBank, bringing its total to three factories in Romania.

Fanuc held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new industrial robot factory in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The plant will start production in August 2018 with a monthly capacity of 2,000 robots, eventually rising to 4,000. Investment is about 63 billion yen.

Lollicup USA has signed a land development deal to build a 700,000 sq ft plant in Rockwall, Texas, making paper and plastic cups and food containers. About 200 jobs are expected and completion is scheduled for October 2018.

Dunapack Packaging, the corrugated division of Prinzhorn Group, is investing in a second corrugated box plant for Poland in Lubliniec, with start-up planned for mid-2018.

Sentury Tire selected SSOE Group to design its 1.4 million square-foot tire manufacturing facility in LaGrange, Georgia. The $430 million plant will create over 1,000 jobs and have capacity to produce 12 million units per year, with full operations expected in 2019.

Roseburg Forest Products announced plans to build a new engineered wood products plant in Chester, South Carolina. The project will create 148 full-time jobs, with groundbreaking expected in early 2018 and operations starting in mid-2019.

LG Electronics completed a new chiller factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, covering 148,760 square meters with an annual production capacity of up to 600,000 RT, the largest chiller factory in South Korea.

LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, opened a new wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Bergama, Turkey on July 11, 2017. The $50 million plant will produce blades up to 80 meters in length with an annual capacity of 500 MW, expandable to 1.5 GW, and is expected to create up to 450 jobs.

UFI Filters is opening a new plant in Opole, Poland, to make heat exchangers with vacuum brazing, doubling its heat exchanger capacity. The 42 million PLN (about 10 million EUR) investment will create at least 65 jobs, with operations starting in Q2 2018.

Gage Brothers Concrete Products announced plans for a new $40 million, 210,000-square-foot precast concrete plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Construction will begin in summer 2017 with completion expected in January 2019.

The Odisha state government approved a new cement grinding plant by Ambuja Cements in Jharsuguda, India, with an investment of INR 4.3 billion ($66.43 million), expected to create 300 jobs.

Chip Mong Insee Cement Cooperation is nearing completion of its new $262m cement plant in Kampot province, Cambodia, with a capacity of 5,000 tpd, due to open by end of 2017.

Bosch will begin operations in December 2017 at a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, with investment above $80 million. The plant will focus on steering systems for automakers in the Bajío corridor.

Tecnospiro Machine Tool, part of Grup Spiroide, inaugurated a 4,500 m2 production plant in the Pla dels Vinyats industrial estate in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Catalonia. The investment exceeded EUR 1 million and the site houses R&D, export and assembly of ROSCAMAT screwing arms.

Valentine Fabrique SA opened a new purpose-built fabrication, storage, research, marketing and distribution facility in Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland, replacing two factory sites in Ecublens. The investment is multi-million Swiss Francs.

Midmark India inaugurated a fully automated nano technology-based medical device manufacturing plant in Umbergaon, Gujarat. The facility will increase production capacity by 40%.

Roxul, a stone wool insulation manufacturer, announced plans to build a $150 million plant in Ranson, West Virginia, creating 150 jobs. Construction is expected to start in October 2017.

GE is building a $200 million factory in Marhaura, Bihar, India, as part of its localization strategy. The facility is under construction and will produce industrial equipment.

Votorantim Cimentos inaugurated a new EUR140 million cement plant in Sivas, Turkey, with a capacity of 1.8 million tonnes per year, replacing an old facility.

Balmoral Tanks invested more than £10 million in a new purpose-designed factory in South Yorkshire, due to open by end of 2017, with a new epoxy coating line and upgraded manufacturing processes.

Lotte Chemical plans to invest 50 billion won to build a membrane (separation membrane) production plant on a 32,000-square-meter site in Daegu National Industrial Complex. Construction is expected to begin after August 2017.

Haigh's Chocolates is investing more than $10 million in a new state-of-the-art chocolate processing plant at Mile End, Australia. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017.

The Wonderful Group, a Chinese tile and ceramics manufacturer, is investing $150 million in a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Tennessee.

Siemens India inaugurated a digitalised low-voltage switchgear factory in Kalwa, Thane district, Maharashtra, capable of manufacturing over five million switchgear devices annually.

Fanuc plans to build technical centres in Chongqing and Guangzhou, China, next year.

Can-Pack unveiled a new aluminium cans factory at Dubai Investment Park, UAE, with an investment of Dh200 million. The plant will serve markets as far as the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

Lope de Vega S.R.L inaugurated a new industrial plant in the Puerto Tirol Industrial Park, Chaco, Argentina, with an investment of five million pesos for manufacturing metal products for refrigeration, ventilation and extraction.

Sekisui Chemical's subsidiary Sekisui Techno Molding will open a new plant in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, in April 2018. The plant will produce resin components for vehicles, logistics containers, and underground water storage systems, with an investment of approximately 24 billion yen and a capacity of 12,000 tons/year.

Samsung Electronics is reviewing plans to construct a second semiconductor fabrication line in Xi'an, China.

Samsung Display is reviewing plans to establish a new OLED manufacturing site in Asan, South Korea, by 2018.

Samsung Electronics announced that its new semiconductor fabrication line in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, has begun mass production and shipping of fourth-generation V-NAND (64 layers) products. The plant is the largest single fab in the industry.

Hantang Environmental (Guangdong) Equipment Co., Ltd. signed an agreement to invest 90 million yuan in a plant in Wengyuan, Guangdong, to produce wastewater recovery separation membranes and environmental equipment. Expected annual output value is about 220 million yuan.

A joint venture between Italian Tevez Limited and Great Group (Hong Kong) will build a plant in Sanming, Fujian, China, with an annual output of 20,000 tons of special polyurethane synthetic resin and surface treatment agent. Total investment is $14.7 million.

Tai Tong International Transportation Co., Ltd. is investing 1.5 billion yuan to build a logistics equipment production project in Linzhang County, Hebei, China. The facility will produce smart logistics pallets, electric forklifts, and other logistics equipment, and is expected to create 400 jobs.

Vanden Recycling has opened a new plastics processing facility in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.

Avery Dennison Polska signed a lease for over 13,300 square meters in the MLP Pruszków II logistics park near Warsaw for production and warehousing, with delivery scheduled for Q2 2018.

Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd, a joint venture between Dassault Aviation and Reliance Defence, received approval to build the Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park at Nagpur's MIHAN SEZ. The first phase on 104 acres will manufacture aircraft spares, with a ground-breaking ceremony expected in late July or early August 2017.

Chemours is building a $150 million sodium cyanide plant in the Mexican state of Durango to serve the precious metals mining industry. The facility will increase the company's mining chemicals capacity by 50%.

Reduktor-PM is building a new assembly and test complex for helicopter gearboxes and transmissions in Perm Krai, Russia. The complex, with an area of 22,000 square meters, is expected to be completed by the end of 2017. The company invested 1.5 billion rubles in 2017.

Ligeance Investments launched Gardner Aerospace's largest factory in Chengdu, Sichuan province, with an investment of 600 million yuan ($91.2 million). The plant is expected to start production in 2018.

Tsubakimoto is building a new plant in Kolin, Czech Republic, to manufacture timing chain drive systems for European car manufacturers. The first phase of 5,000 sqm will be completed by November 2017, with full operation by 2020. Total investment is 400 million CZK (about 14.3 million EUR).